Chick shipping box



May 23, 1944.

R. c. MARSHALL, JR

CHICK-SHIPPING BOX Filed June12, 1942 INVENTOR. Baku/"d C. Marsha/4..//2

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I o 47 TOEN Y UNlTE STATES 2,349,364 CHICK sc BOX Richard C. M, Jr.,Kansas City, 110., as-

signor to Crook Paper Box Company, North Kansas City, Mo., a corporationof Missouri Application June 12, 1942, Serial No. 446,727

1 Claim.

This invention relates to collapsible contain era and particularly tocartons known in the trade as shipping boxes for chicks and has for apary object to provide a strong, durle and safe shipping box that isselfsupportand interlocked in an unique manner.

a the invention has for one of its primary obiects to provide a shippingbox for live, baby chicks or the like, the inter-engaging side wallswhereof are provided with integral locking elets in the general natureof a loop, which loop circumscribes a portion of one of the walls and isheld in operative position without the use of staples, brads or otherconventional metallic fastening means.

This invention has for another object to provide a partitioned shippinbox of the aforementioned type, said partitions being'interlocked withthe side walls of the box section through the medium of a speciallydesigned tongue, the form of which assumes the character of a loopcompletely circumscribing a portion of the side walls of the box set offbetween specially arranged slots.

This invention has for a still further aim to provide a shipp box forchicks or the like, the parts of which are securely interlocked byintegral extensions provided on certain of the side walls and on thepartitions thereof. all of which permits the employment of corrugatedbox board or relatively thin chip board for the manufacture of the box.

A yet further object of this invention is to provide a shipping box forlive, baby chicks that may be transported to the point of use in a flat,knocked-down condition and there set up without the employment ofspecial stitching means or the like, which box when assembled, will bestrong, self-supporting and without objectionable proiections likely todamage the live chicks as the same are transported.

Minor objects of the invention are important and include specificdetails of construction, all of which will appear during the course ofthe following specification, referring to the accompanying drawingwherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shipping box section made inaccordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary stretch-out view of the parts formingone corner of the tray- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary stretch-out view of oneend of the partition; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line V-V of Fig. 1.

That portion of a. complete shipping box embodying this invention isclearly shown in Fig. l to be a tray-like section 6, having a bottom 8,side walls i0, and end walls l2.

The ends of side walls ID are specially formed as shown in Fig. 2, topresent an extension beyond scoring I that comprises a flap l6 and atongue I8.

Flap i6 is the same width as the height of wall ill, of which it is apart. and in the blank form, extends'longitudinally from the end of thewall where flap and tongue l6 and I8 may cooperate with the adjacent endof wall l2 when section 8 is to be assembled.

A scoring 20 is provided between flap and tongue 16 and I8 and a slot 22is cut in wall It parallel to scoring I4 and in a position with respectto flap and tongue l6 and 18 as illustrated in Fig. 2. A slot 24 in endwall I2 is parallel to the end of said wall and spaced inwardly adistance substantially the same as the width of flap It. The distancebetween slot 22 and scoring ll is substantially the thickness of thematerial from which wall I2 is made. The length of tongue I8 is slightlygreater than the distance from the end of wall I2 to slot 24. When suchrelation 01 parts is established, the interlocking operation will leavethe free end of tongue ll projecting through slot 22 a very shortdistance, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3.

A loop is formed of flap l6 and tongue l8 when said tongue is foldedback upon flap It with the marginal portion of wall l2 circumscribed asseen in Fig. 3. Each corner of section 6 is constructed as abovespecified, and when assembled, the-walls l0 and I2 are rigidlyinterlocked and a strengthened corner is presented.

Corrugated stock may be used when parts are made as described, and nolocking elements other than the parts l6, I8, 22 and 24 are needed.

Partitions 28 within section 6 divide the latter into a number ofstalls. In the illustrated embodiment, section 6 is sub-divided intofour stalls and partitions 26 are each slotted inwardly at a pointintermediate their ends to cross as at 28. The end of each partition 26is specially formed as detailed in Fig. 4. v

A tongue 30 is fashioned by cutting away a part of the stock on eachside thereof. A tapered portion 32 is immediately adjacent to the end oipartition 26 and separated therefrom by a scoring 8 An opening Sitprovided in the end of partition 26 is parallel to scoring 38 and isspaced inwardly from said scoring a distance substantlally the same asthe thickness of the stock from which sides ill and I! are made. Atransverse scoring 88 divides tapered portion 32 from the free endportion of tongue 36. The tapered portion 32 has inclined edges 40 whichconverge from points on the edge of partition 26 as they approach thefree end area of tongue 30. Shoulders 42 are thereby established betweenthe points of connection of tongue 30 and the end of partition 2b.

Each wall l and II respectively has a slot 44 and 8 respectively.punched therethrough. Slot 4 is substantially the same length as thedistance between the points of connection of edges 40 with shoulders 2.Slot 4! is shorter than slot 44 and of a length slightly greater thanthe width of tongue 30.

When partitions 26 are moved to place, tongue 30 is first extendedthrough the relatively long slot 44, thence is bent along scoring 34toward slot 46. The tongue is then bent along scoring 38 and the freeend 01' said tongue is moved through slot 46 to the inside of thesection, from whence the end of tongue 30 is moved toward and intoopening 36 to create a loop as distinctly shown in Fig. 5. The end oftongue 30 projects slightly beyond the face of partition 26 when theparts are assembled, as indicated, and when partitions 26 have the endsinterlocked with walls iii and I2, as the case may be, a rigid Joint isset up. These partitions preclude outward bulging of walls It and I2,hold the partitions in an upright condition, and generally strengthenthe entire section to As above set down, the material from which thesection, as well as the partitions is constructed, may be corrugatedstock of relatively thin character but-due to the rigidity inherent inthe novel type 01 joints, the entire section is rigid and will withstandhard usage when employed as a shipping box.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

In a shipping box of the character described, a tray-like section havinga bottom and side walls, each of the latter being provided with a pairof slots in parallel relation, one slot of each pair being longer thanthe other slot; a partition in the section to divide the same into anumber of stalls, said partition having an opening near the end thereof;and a tongue on the partition, extending outwardly through the longerslot in the proximal side wall, thence inwardly through the shorter slotto secure the partition in place, said tongue being extended through theopening in the partition, said tongue having a tapered portion divergingfrom a point spaced from the free end of the tongue to a line of meetingof the tongue with the partition to create a portion of substantiallygreater width than the length of said opening in the partition.

' RICHARD C. MARSHALL, JR.

